Assassination of Oryn Washburn

NE395 Sep 12

Traveling back from an unlawful and secret meeting of the Astarian Congress, Oryn Washburn and two delegates (Rita Shephard and Logan Jeos) were in a carriage on the Stambridge/Lessade border, when they were ambushed and killed, along with 3 guards and a carriage driver.

The original report stated it was Feral tribes which performed the killing, but details are scarce and strange. The bodies and their goods were burned which was very unusual for tribes of the region to do. The killing was originally blamed by Erristan investigators on the Onyuse, friends of Atheans and a very peaceful tribe. Cries for further investigation led to a change, blaming the attack on the fearsome Yurri tribe, which are extremely dangerous and make their living on attacking and pillaging travelers, only the Yurri are located in a completely different region, hundreds of kilometers away.

Many Atheans believe that the killing was a conspiracy by the Erristan investigating force, The Kingswords, under the ruthless Gerard Wolfern.